VIZ Original Content Still On?

I reported
back on word from comicker Tina Anderson that VIZ had allegedly put
its original content line on hold. But today, PWCW's The Beat noted
that VIZ is still in the process of hiring an editor,
which they take as evidence that the original content is NOT on hold
(along with other, unspecified evidence).

I'm not so sure--
VIZ needs editors for all of its licensed materials, too, after all,
and the job listing doesn't specify anything about original content;
it even says that the editor's job involves suggesting new
acquisitions, presumably from Japan as well as possibly original.

But there is
another piece to the puzzle: a new post today from Rob L. McCarthy,
creator of the webcomic Hell On Wheels (along with Sheanon
Garrity) and a VIZ editor, on VIZ's
blog. In his post he offers advice to new manga and comics
creators who are submitting their work, and it sounds like it comes
from his own readings of such submissions-- which seems to imply that
VIZ is still looking over new works.